heck-care

Singapore/ˈhɛk ˌkɛː/Singapore[ˈhɛk˦ ˌkʰɛː˦]Singapore[-˦˧]

adjective

Having a dismissively indifferent attitude; nonchalant.

“Some students have a heck-care attitude towards their studies.”

Meanings

adjectiveheck-care (not comparable)

alternative heck care

  1. Singaporenot comparableHaving a dismissively indifferent attitude; nonchalant.

    Some students have a heck-care attitude towards their studies.

    5 more examples

    Okay, being heck-care about how you look doesn't mean you'll end up looking like this. But that doesn't mean it's all right to be heck-care.

    1998 September 8, The New Paper

    THEY may look like "heck-care" young punks who hang out at Harajuku, but their powerful music is serious stuff.

    , “Spreading like wildfire: Dragon Ash”, in The New Paper, page 35

    The "heck-care" attitude ignores the fact that using a handphone while driving could distract a driver's attention and cause a serious accident.

    2005, David Leo, Life's so like dat, page 73

    This burden of responsibility is behind motorists' frustrations with the "heck-care" attitude of reckless jaywalkers.

    2008 March 2, “Motorists' burden"”, in The Straits Times

    Local actress and director Michelle Chong took to Facebook on Saturday night to express her frustration with the “heck care” attitude she’s come across multiple times in her line of work.

    2017 July 23, Jovi Ho, “Michelle Chong: Singaporeans “Don’t Care About What They Do"”, in popspoken

Origin

From heck + care, based on expressions such as "doesn't care a heck" and "care a heck of a lot".

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